DJ Khalil
DJ Khalil is a 20-time GRAMMY Nominee
& 5-time GRAMMY Award-winning Music Producer
located in Los Angeles, California.
Khalil's career started as one-half of the acclaimed underground hip hop duo Self Scientific along with rapper Chace Infinite. Khalil caught the ear of mega-producer Dr. Dre early on in his career, and Dre signed him as an in-house Producer to Aftermath Records. Khalil developed his production skills under Dre, landing placements with 50 Cent, G-Unit and Jay-Z, and has gone on to produce for the likes of Kanye West, Drake, Logic, Anderson .Paak, Pink, A$AP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar, and many others.
Khalil's first GRAMMY win came on rapper Eminem's 2010 album, Recovery, and he has since been awarded 2 more GRAMMYs out of 13 nominations. Khalil Co-Wrote and ProducedAloe Blacc's Top 5 pop worldwide single "The Man," which sold 4 Million units worldwide, and won a Clio Award for music innovation through its inclusion in the 2013-2014 Beats by Dre campaign. Khalil has gone on to Write and Produce several end titles to major film releases, including "Brick Mansions," "Southpaw," Kevin Hart's "Wedding Ringer" and the Will Smith Netflix movie "Bright."
In addition, Khalil has Written and Produced music for major video games such as Call of Duty and Tom Clancys "Ghost Recon". Khalil Co-Wrote and Produced multiple songs on Anderson Paak's GRAMMY-nominated album Malibu as well as Co-Wrote and Produced the VMA Award-winning song “Black Spiderman” off Logic's album Everybody. Khalil recently topped the Pop charts with songs on Logics #1 album Bobby Tarantino II (two songs: ”Iconic” and “Everybody Dies” Nipsey Hussle's Top 5 album Victory Lap four songs: “Rap N-ghazal”, “Succa Proof”, “Perfect Timing”, “Zero Tolerance”; and Eminem's #1 album Revival.
He wrote and produced the song “Elevate” which became the end title for Academy Award winning Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse film and is included on the Soundtrack Album with over 1 million units sold. “Rise” Godfather of Harlem series theme and included on Godfather of Harlem Soundtrack Album. “How Did You Get Here” from Celine Dion’s new album entitled Courage. A song on Kanye West new album. “Stuck” co-write with Earthgang/ used on Insecure television series. “Rap N-ghazal” on Grown-ish television series; “Heart Don’t Stand A Chance ”Co-write with Anderson Pakk TNT pilot Animal Kingdom.
In 2022 Khalil won 2 Grammy Awards for his production of Jon Baptiste’s AOTY win with the song “Freedom”, and for Kanye West’s win in the Best Melodic Rap Song category for “Hurricane” ft. Lil Bbay & The Weeknd.
Recent releases include Benny The Butcher’s “Johnny P’s Caddy” ft. J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar’s “Purple Hearts” among many other upcoming releases.
National Advertising campaign for “Gatorade”
Discography
Kendrick Lamar - “Purple Hearts”
Benny The Butcher ft. J. Cole - “Johnny P’s Caddy”
Denzel Curry ft. T-Pain - “Troubles”
Hiatus Kaiyote - “And We Go Gentle”
Kanye West - “Hurricane” (Grammy winner)
Kanye West - “Moon”
Jon Baptiste - “Freedom” (Grammy winner)
Dame D.O.L.L.A. - “Overnight”
Wale - “Fluctuate”
Celine Dion - “How did you get here”
Rise - Theme from Godfathers of Harlem
3 Grammy Wins (Eminem & Lecrae) and 14 Grammy Nominations in the Pop (Eminem), Rap (Eminem, Dr.Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Nipsey Hussle), R&B (Anderson. Paak, Aloe Blacc, BJ The Chicago Kid) and Gospel (Lecrae) genres
Eminem - Recovery - #1 Pop Album worldwide - Over 10 million units sold - Grammy Win
Big K.R.I.T - “Learned From Texas" - TDT
Kendrick Lamar - “County Building Blues” - Good Kid, m.A.A.D City
DJ Khalil feat. YBN Cordae, Denzel Curry, Trev Rich, Swavay - “Elevate” [end title to Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse Motion Picture]
Kiiara - “How Can You Love Me”
Logic - “ICONIC” feat. Jaden Smith - YSIV
Logic - “Everybody Dies” - YSIV
Joey Purp - “God Party Pt. 2” - Quarterthing
EarthGang - “Stuck” - Featured in Insecure TV Episode
Denzel Curry - "MAD I GOT IT | MAD 1 GOT 1T" - TA1300
Lil Yachty - "Go! (Remix)" [From Teen Titans Go! To The Movies Original Motion Picture]
Logic - "State of Emergency" and "Indica Badu" - Bobby Tarantino II - #1 Pop Album
Nipsey Hussle - "Rap Niggaz" - Victory Lap - #1 Pop Album - Grammy Nomination
Nipsey Hussle - "Succa Proof" - Victory Lap - #1 Pop Album - Grammy Nomination
Eminem - "Castle" - Revival - #1 Pop Album
Logic - “Black Spiderman” - Everybody - #1 Pop Album
Logic - “Mos Definitely" - Everybody - #1 Pop Album
Logic - “Soul Food” - Under Pressure
Anderson. Paak - "No Promise" - Malibu - Grammy Nomination
Anderson. Paak - "Heart Don't Stand a Chance" - Malibu - Grammy Nomination
Jamie N Commons - "Give It All You Got" - TV Show Animal Kingdom
Wale - "The Matrimony" ft. Usher - The Album About Nothing
Ghost Rekon Wildlands - Promo Campaign
Lecrae feat. Nija - "Lucked Up" - All Things Work Together
Ty Dolla $ign - “Finale” - Free TC
A$AP Ferg - "East Coast" - Still Striving
A$AP Rocky ft. Rage Against The Machine - “FTW” - Bright Soundtrack
A$AP Ferg - “Grandma” - Always Strive and Prosper
A$AP Ferg - “Psycho” - Always Strive and Prosper
A$AP Ferg - “Rebirth” - Always Strive and Prosper
A$AP Ferg feat. Chuck D & Mama Ferg - “Beautiful People” - Always Strive and Prosper
A$AP Rocky - “Holy Ghost” - At.Long.Last.A$AP
Pink ft. Eminem - “Here Comes the Weekend” - The Truth About Love
Jay Electronica ft. Jay Z - “Road to Perdition” - Act II: The Patents of Nobility
Joey Badass - "Good Morning Amerikkka" - All Amerikkkan Badass
Joey Badass - "Amerikkkan Idol" - All Amerikkkan Badass
Joey Badass - “For My People” - All Amerikkkan Badass
Nick Grant - "Sometimes" and "PPIPP" - Return of the Cool
Big Krit - "Aux Chord" "Bury Me In Gold" "Cadillactica"
Rick Ross - "Scientology" - Rather You Than Me
BJ The Chicago Kid - "Man Down" - In My Mind - Grammy Nomination
French Montana ft Kanye West - "Figure it Out"
Wiz Khalifa - “B Ok” - Rolling Papers 2
Raury - "NEVERALONE"
Aloe Blacc “The Man” – Producer/Co-Writer
4.5 million global singles
Top 5 Pop Single Around the World
CLIO Music “Breakthrough” Award Winner for Beats by Dre Campaign
End Title for Relativity’s Brick Mansions film
Superbowl Richard Sherman Beats by Dre Campaign Spot
ABC TV Show The Mayor Promo Campaign
Aloe Blacc - Lift Your Spirits - Album Producer - Grammy nomination for R&B Album of the Year
Aloe Blacc - “Soldier In the City” - Lift Your Spirits
Aloe Blacc - “Can You Do This” - Kevin Hart's The Wedding Ringer - End Title/Commercial/Trailer
Aloe Blacc - “Can You Do This” - theme song to NBC show Can You Do That
Aloe Blacc - "Can You Do This" - Ford Worldwide Ad Campaign
Drake - "Fear" - So Far Gone
Eminem - "Survival" - Marshall Mathers II
Call of Duty: Ghosts video game - Theme Song & Commercial
Mission Impossible 4 - Theme / Promo
Eminem feat. Gwen Stefani - “Kings Never Die” - Southpaw End Title / Promotion
Eminem ft. Kobe - "Talkin’ 2 Myself” - Recovery
Eminem - “25 to Life” - Recovery
Eminem - “Almost Famous” - Recovery
Eminem - “Won’t Back Down” - Recovery
Agent 47 Commercial / Promo
Lecrae feat. Big K.R.I.T - "Mayday" - Gravity
50 Cent feat. Akon - “I’ll Still Kill” - Curtis
50 Cent feat. Olivia - “We Both Think Alike” - Get Rich or Die Tryin’
Big Boi feat. Adam Levine, Scar, Sleepy Brown - “Mic Jack” - Boomiverse
Big Sean - “Harder Than My Demons” - Detroit 2
Big Sean - “Still I Rise” - Detroit 2
Bun B feat. Raekwon, Kobe - “No Competition” - Trill OG: The Epilogue
Bun B - “Another Soldier” - II Trill
Clipse - “Footsteps” - Till the Casket Drops
Clipse - “There Was a Murder” - Till the Casket Drops
Andee - “Sorries”- Black and White Heart
Cypress Hill - “The Only Way”
Cypress Hill ft. Everlast - “Take My Pain”
Cypress Hill ft. The Alchemist Evidence - “Pass The Dutch” - Rise Up
Fashawn ft. Nas & Aloe Blacc - “Something to Believe In” - The Ecology
Hot Dollar ft. Guerilla Black - “I Promise” - Evolutions
DJ Drama ft. Nas, Willie the Kid - “Yacht Music” - Gangsta Grillz: The Album (Vol. 2)
Dr.Dre ft. Snoop Dogg & Akon - “Kush”
The Game ft. Dr.Dre - “Drug Test” - The R.E.D. Album
The Game - “Ricky” - The R.E.D. Album
The Game ft King Mez, JT, Jon Conner - “Moment of Violence” - The Documentary 2.5
The Game ft. Deion - “Intoxicated” - The Documentary 2.5
Rob Bailey & The Hustle Standard - “Beast (Southpaw Remix) - Beast
Royce Da 5’9” - “Life is Fair” - Book of Ryan
Royce Da 5’9” - “Cocaine” - Book of Ryan
Royce Da 5’9” - “Flesh” - Layers
Royce Da 5’9” ft. K.Young - “Misses” - Layers
Snoop Dogg, Devin the Dude, Kobe Honeycutt - “I Don’t Need No Bitch” - Doggumentary
Slaughterhouse - “Cuckoo” - Slaughterhouse
Strong Arm Steady - “Wreckless Words” - Deep Hearted
Strong Arm Steady - “Come and Get Me” - Deep Hearted
Strong Arm Steady - “Bloody Money” - Deep Hearted
Talib Kweli - “Two & Two” - Right About Now; The Official Sukka Free
X-Clan - “VooDoo” - Return From Mecca
X-Clan - “3rd Eyes on Me” - Return From Mecca
Xzibit - “Poppin’ Off” - Full Circle
Xzibit - “Klack” - Weapons of Mass Destruction
Xzibit - “Judgement Day” - Weapons of Mass Destruction
Xzibit ft. Strong Arm Steady - “Beware of Us” - Weapons of Mass Destruction
Xzibit ft. Strong Arm Steady - “Crazy Ho” - Weapons of Mass Destruction
Joell Ortiz - “Cocaine” - Free Agent
Living Legends - “Never Fallin’” - Classic
Living Legends - “Brand New” - Classic
Mitchy Slick - “Mitchy Slick” - Urban Survival Sydnrome
Mitchy Slick - “U.S.S” - Urban Survival Sydnrome
Mitchy Slick ft. Strong Arm Steady - “Triumphant Gangster” - Urban Survival Sydnrome
Mitchy Slick ft. W.C. - “Superstar (Amnesia)” - Urban Survival Sydnrome
Raekwon, Method Man, Cappadonna - “Ice Cream 2” - Only Build 4 Cuban Linx
Raptile ft. Xzibit, Strong Arm Steady - “Make Y’all Bounce” - Classic Material
Raury - “Peace Prevail” - All We Need
Redman - “Def Jammable” - Reggie